Government of British Columbia: BC Coroners Service Identifies Air Crash Victim

PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 12, 2016) -

For Immediate Release

2016PSSG0208-001987

Oct. 12, 2016

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

BC Coroners Service

INFORMATION BULLETIN

BC Coroners Service identifies air crash victim

PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after an air crash near Vanderhoof on Oct. 10, 2016.

He was Leonard Michael Banga, aged 42, of Saskatoon, Sask.

Mr. Banga was the pilot of a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver airplane, which took off from the Vanderhoof airport at about 9 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2016, en route to Laidman Lake, a remote lake southwest of Vanderhoof. About 25 minutes after takeoff, the plane crashed into a heavily wooded area about 20 kilometres east of Laidman Lake. Mr. Banga was deceased at the scene. Four other persons on board the plane were rescued and transported to hospital.